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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=947261101-28072010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>For a while now I've been using Data::Dump as a replacement
to Data::Dumper.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=947261101-28072010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The output is better, it adapts the output style depending
on the amount of data. For example small arrays are printed horizontally,
long arrays vertically.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=947261101-28072010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>It also has a function dd, which displays the provided
variable.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=947261101-28072010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>So your full example becomes: dd blah; Thats ten
less key strokes.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=947261101-28072010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>David</FONT></SPAN>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
melbourne-pm-bounces+david.tulloh=airservicesaustralia.com@pm.org
[mailto:melbourne-pm-bounces+david.tulloh=airservicesaustralia.com@pm.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Mathew Robertson<BR><B>Sent:</B> 28 July 2010 10:39
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Melbourne Perl Mongers<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Melbourne-pm]
Data::Dumper enhancement<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Hi PM,
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>For years I have used Data::Dumper to help me debug my code, usually with
the syntax:</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV> print Dumper(blah);</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>It occurred to me that I could save some keystrokes... so went looking at
Dumper.pm and found that 'wantarray' is being used to determine the calling
context for list vs. scalar. But it isn't being used to detect void
context...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Would saving 6 keystrokes would be a useful enhancement?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>cheers,</DIV>
<DIV>Mathew Robertson</DIV></BODY></HTML>